Sound the Trumpet, 2nd ed: Extras

Don't forget the sound clips for Part I.

Part 1 (Below) -------------------Part 2-------------------Part 3

Chapter 1: War and Worship: A Brief History of the Trumpet

• The Didgeridoo
• King Tut's trumpets
• The Shofar
  • more information
  • images
  • video of the 4 traditional shofar blasts; another cool one (lots of added reverb) here
• The Carnyx:
  • more information
  • images
  • video of John Kenny playing the Carnyx
• The Serpent:
  • more information
  • images
  • AMAZING video of the serpent, played by Michele Godard w/ his trio
  • Doug Yeo's home page, an article on the Serpent, and his new DVD on the Serpent!
• Cornettos:
  • more information
  • images
  • Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble playing Merulo Canzon a 4
• Keyed Bugle:
  • more information
  • images
  • Great introductory video on the Keyed Bugle on Steve's Video Blog
    • book on Fancis Johnson, music innovator and keyed bugle player
  • Keyed bugle video: Krisztián Kováts playing a keyed bugle concerto
• Monette Trumpets:
  • The Flumpet
  • Decorated trumpets: The Elysian trumpet here and vid here
• Harrelson Trumpets
  • Harrelson's Facebook page
  • the Medusa
  • the harness demo

Chapter 2: Listen!

• The hyperlinked listening list: Most of the titles in this PDF are hyperlinked. Click on a title to go to a page where you can hear samples or buy a copy.
• Our Trumpet Store, featuring the best recordings to be found.

Chapter 3: How to Create a Buzz

• Sound clips from the book
• Trumpet mouthpieces for sale
• Trumpet emboucure visualizer
• Sources for Further Study
  • Bert's Basic Brass
  • BERP: about, buy
  • Chops: find it through an interlibrary loan
  • Embouchure Builder
  • The Buzzing Book
    • preview (PDF)
    • buy
  • The Art of Brass Playing: A Treatise on the Formation and Use of Brass Player's Embouchure, by Philip Farkas

Chapter 6: Avoiding Bad Breath

• The Voldyne
• The Breath Builder
• Variable Resistance Compound Gague
• Videos on using breathing devices
• Sources for Further Study
  • Arnold Jacobs: Song and Wind, by Brian Frederiksen
  • Brass Playing is No Harder than Deep Breathing, by Claude Gordon
  • Brass Wind Artistry: Master Your Mind, Master Your Instrument, by Paul Severson
  • The Art of Breathing, by Nanci Zi
  • Science of Breath, by Yogi Ramacharaka

Interlude: The Practice of Practice

• The Practice of Practice blog
• Great Books on Practice
  • The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness, by Gerald Klickstein (his blog is here)
  • Effortless Mastery, by Kenny Werner (DVD version)
  • Systematic Approach to Daily Practice for Trumpet, by Claude Gordon
  • The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music From the Heart, by Madeline Bruser
  • The Mastery of Music: Ten Pathways to True Artistry, by Barry Green
  • The Practice Revolution: Getting Great Results from the 6 Days Between Lessons, by Philip Johnston
• Software Practice Aids:
  • Free digital metronome
  • Audacity: Free sound-editing software. Highly recommended. My vid tutorials on getting/installing, overview, volume control, label and cut track, change tempo, change key/pitch, noise removal.
  • Noteflight: Free music-notation software. Highly recommended.
  • Finale: Notation software, mostly for purchase, but ther are a couple cheaper options:
    • Reader: Read any Finale sheet music or music XML file and print it.
    • Low cost option: Finale Notepad ($9.95 download). Demo here.
  • Sibelius: Similar to Finale, but no free/low cost option. However, there is:
    • Non-saving trial of Sibelius, to get an idea of how the program works.
    • Scorch: Allows you to view, play, and print any Sibelius score posted online.
  • NOT FREE )-: Band-in-a-Box is a great help for learning melodies, chords, and improvising whether its rock/pop, jazz, country, or bluegrass you're interested in playing. With the expansion packs your backup band will sound like real professionals. There are great lessons available, too. Comes in a variety of levels: MegaPAK includes most extras ($219. this is what I have and love it!), Pro version (Win: $106; Mac: $99), or the Everything Version with all expansion packs, tutorials and more ($499 Windows / Mac)
    • The entire Real Book (jazz standards) converted to Band-in-a-Box backing tracks. If you have this handy piece of software (see below), you can get a free copy of several hundred jazz tunes in the correct style and instrumentation.You'll have your own rhythm section to play with. A bit of chord knowledge is helpful but if you can copy the chords from a song, you're all set. I have one and love to play with it. Fantastic resource!

Chapter 10 : Simple Tunes

• Click HERE to download the sheet music for Le Jeux Noirs (Dark Eyes)
  • It's a PDF, so if you don't have Adobe's reader, get that here
• Here is a version of Dark Eyes by Jazzology: me on trumpet, Joel Stamoolis on bass, Dave Myers on keys, and Jeremy Chignell on the skins.

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